{"id":46343,"date":"2025-06-26T21:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=46343"},"modified":"2025-06-26T21:39:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:09:25","slug":"gandhi-narayana-centenary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/26-06-2025\/gandhi-narayana-centenary","title":{"rendered":"Centenary Celebration of Historic Dialogue Between Sree Narayana Guru and Mahatma Gandhi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS1\/ Modern History&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>PM Modi\u00a0 inaugurated the centenary celebration of the <strong>historic conversation between Sree Narayana Guru and Mahatma Gandhi <\/strong>at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The dialogue was held on <strong>March 12, 1925, at Sivagiri Mutt in Kerala.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The conversation between Sree Narayana Guru and Mahatma Gandhi is remembered for its <strong>deep engagement with key issues <\/strong>of the time;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vaikom Satyagraha,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the question of religious conversions,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the principle of non-violence,\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the abolition of untouchability, and\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the upliftment of marginalised communities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Views of Sree Narayana Guru and Mahatma Gandhi\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Issue<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Sree Narayana Guru<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mahatma Gandhi<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Religious Conversions<\/strong><\/td><td>Opposed conversions; stressed reform within Hinduism.<\/td><td>Opposed conversions; promoted staying within Hindu fold.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Non-Violence<\/strong><\/td><td>Practical approach; supported it but not absolute.<\/td><td>Treated non-violence as a core, universal principle.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Untouchability<\/strong><\/td><td>Denied any religious basis; demanded total abolition.<\/td><td>Called it a sin; sought gradual reform from within.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Upliftment of Marginalised<\/strong><\/td><td>Emphasized education and economic self-reliance.<\/td><td>Focused on moral upliftment and spiritual dignity.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>About Vaikom Satyagraha<\/strong><br>&#8211; <strong>Cause:<\/strong> The movement was initiated against the <strong>practice of untouchability<\/strong>.\u00a0<br>1. In Vaikom in the <strong>erstwhile Travancore princely State, <\/strong>members of the lower castes, particularly Dalits, were denied the right to walk on roads leading to the Vaikom Shiva Temple.\u00a0<br>&#8211; <strong>Leadership:<\/strong> It was led by <strong>T.K. Madhavan, K. Kelappan,<\/strong> and other prominent leaders.<br>1. Mahatma Gandhi also supported the cause, sending his advice, although he did not physically participate in the protests initially.<br>2. <strong>E.V. Ramasamy Periyar,<\/strong> a prominent social reformer and leader of the Self-Respect Movement, also lent support to the movement.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Sree Narayana Guru<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sree Narayana Guru<\/strong> was a <strong>philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer<\/strong> in India.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He led a reform movement against the injustice in the <strong>caste-ridden society<\/strong> of Kerala in order to promote <strong>spiritual enlightenment and social equality.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He founded institutions like the <strong>Sharada Mutt at Sivagiri <\/strong>to promote education, spirituality, and social upliftment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>His slogan, <strong>&#8220;One Caste, One Religion, One God for All,<\/strong>&#8221; is a cornerstone of his philosophy and a widely recognized saying in Kerala.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Important work:<\/strong> <strong>Daiva Dasakam, Nivritti Panchakam<\/strong>, and <strong>Atmopadesa Satakam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Legacy of the Dialogue<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Gurus\u2019 decisive stance spurred <strong>Gandhi to prioritize the Harijan mission<\/strong> in India\u2019s freedom struggle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Their meeting reinforced the principle that true <strong>social upliftment demands peaceful protest.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The emphasis on <strong>education and economic progress<\/strong> became central to both reformers\u2019 visions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-centenary-celebration-of-historic-dialogue-between-sree-narayana-guru-and-mahatma-gandhi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DD NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">PM Modi\u00a0 inaugurated the centenary celebration of the historic conversation between Sree Narayana Guru and Mahatma Gandhi at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>About Sree Narayana Guru<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Sree Narayana Guru was a philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer in India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">He led a reform movement against the injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala in order to promote spiritual enlightenment and social equality.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">He founded institutions like the Sharada Mutt at Sivagiri to promote education, spirituality, and social upliftment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">His slogan, &#8220;One Caste, One Religion, One God for All,&#8221; is a cornerstone of his philosophy and a widely recognized saying in Kerala.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/26-06-2025\/gandhi-narayana-centenary\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46357,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46343\/revisions\/46357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}